Shinshar

Shinshar (Arabic: شنشار, romanized: Shinshār, also spelled Shanshar) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located between Homs to the north, al-Qusayr to the southwest and Shamsin to the south. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shinshar had a population of 3,118 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.^[2]

Shinshar شنشار Shanshar
Village
Shinshar Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°36′0″N 36°44′0″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Al-Qusayr
Subdistrict	Al-Qusayr
Population  (2017)
• Total	2 588
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)